Defensive Driving - Heavy Vehicles

Day 1 

Session 1 - Course Introduction  
Session 2 – Qualities of a good driver

• Patience, responsibility, self-confidence, anticipation, concentration, courtesy, defensive driving knowledge of road rules/regulations, knowledge of vehicle controls, maintained and simple mechanism.
  

• Major Controls 
  
• Minor Controls

• Accelerator 
  
• Brake – Gradual/Sudden/Sudden Fierce
• Clutch and Steering 

• Push and pull method practice
  
• On the move, while gear changing 
• While turning, while using the horn 
• Operating dash board switches 
• Signaling during the emergency 

• Double de-clutching, importance and procedure single clutch 
  
• Gear up procedure, shifting to lower gears 
• Gear down procedure, shifting to higher gears 

• First, Second, Third, and Fourth gear 
  
• Fifth gear and Reverse Gear 

• Passing, Merging, Diverging, and Overtaking
  
• Crossing, turning, cornering, reversing, and parking

• Normal Stopping, Emergency Stopping 
  
• Use of engine brake/exhaust brake 

• Distance between each car and the two-second rule 
  

Day 2

Session 12 – Defensive Driving Techniques 

• Teaching trainees on how improper and reckless driving can lead to an increase in accidents.
  
• The impact of being an aggressive driver or driving aggravating aggressive drivers increases the risk of accidents.
• How obeying speed limits and transportation laws decreases the risk of accidents.
• The importance of not changing lanes excessively to avoid accidents.

• Location of Head Light Switch
  
• Procedure to drive at night 
• Obligation to light the lamps, restriction on lighting the lamps 

• Starting in hill using the parking brake method 
  
• Slipping the clutch 
• Driving uphill

• Prevention is better than cure in case of skidding, horn struck Fire, wheels coming out, Brake failure, Broken stub axle, Burst of the front tire, Steering wobbling, Snapping of steering linkages, Jamming of the accelerator pedal, Snapping of the clutch rod, Under special circumstances like chances of collision with a disabled vehicle., Brake failure during downhill Sudden obstruction in front of the vehicle.
  

• Wet weather 
  
• At dawn, dusk, and misty roads 
• Dense Traffic 

• Procedure 
  
• On tow board 
• Speed of towing 
• Reversing and position the vehicle with trailers

Day 3

Session 19 – Traffic Education

• Know your road:
  
• Functional classification
  
• Design speeds 
• Road geometrics 
• Surface types and characteristics 
• Slopes and elevation 
• Slight distance 
  
• At bends 
  
• At intersections  
• Road junctions 
  
• Principles and types, 
  
• T junctions, 
• Y junction 
• 4- Arm junctions, 
• Staggered junction, 
• Controlled junctions
• Uncontrolled junctions. 
• Traffic islands
• Types of roundabouts 
• Channelizes, median 
• Bye-pass, subway, over-bridge, and flyovers
  
• Purpose 
  
• Driving procedures
• Bus stop, bus terminus, bus stand 
  
• Ingress
  
• Egress
• Method
• Road markings 
  
• White line: continuous and broken 
  
• Yellow line Lane marking
• Zebra crossing, Stop line
• Parking markings Sense of road signals
• Lane selection and lane discipline 
  
• Automatic light signals 
  
• Road users characteristics 
  
• Pedestrian, drunkards, children and blind, deaf and dumb Youth, aged women with children,Slow-moving vehicles Mopeds and motor cycles , Autos , tempos, vans Buses and trucks , VIP, ambulance, fire engine, Animals 
  
• Accidents Types of accidents 
  
• Causes of accidents,
  
• Preventive methods Driver’s duties and responsibilities on the occurrence of accidents.

• Factors affecting the vehicle parts due to bad and negligent driving 
  
• General day-to-day maintenance and periodical maintenance. 
• Battery 
• Tire maintenance and tube vulcanizing 
• Engine tune-up 
• Checking wheel alignment 
• Brake adjustment 
• Accelerator, brake clutch-pedal adjustment
• Fan belt adjustment 10 Observation of dash-board meters 
• Lubrication 
• Removal of airlock and oil block

• Introduction to first-aid
  
• Outline of first-aid 
• Structure and function of the body 
• Dressing and bandages 
• The circulation of the blood
• Wounds and haemorrhage
• Haemorrhage from special regions
• Shock 
• Respiration. 
• Injuries to bones
• Burning scales 
• Unconsciousness (insensibility)

Day 4
Session 22 – Heavy Vehicle Driving Practice

• Demonstration of various instruments
  
• Pre-Driving Checks
• Beginning to drive
• Rural road driving
• Development of Judgement
• Development of anticipation
• Developing skill to drive in crowded streets